Industrial Production
This week’s featured indicator focuses on industrial production, or how much physical stuff is produced in the economy. It includes everything from prescription medicines, cell phones, and TVs to nuggets of gold, steel bars, and planks of wood. Despite our...
Moving Towards the Middle
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market rebounded last week with all three major indices in the green. The Dow saw the biggest gains, rising 1.22%, the S&P 500 gained 0.79%, and the Nasdaq brought up the rear with a 0.09% gain. Growth stocks lagged, rising about...
Battered Bonds
Bonds have really struggled this year. Globally, they are down about 4.2%, as represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index shown in the chart above. The index is on track for its worst annual return in roughly two decades, and it’s well...
The 2-Year Yield Indicator
One of the primary ways the Federal Reserve influences the economy is through interest rates. By setting the overnight funding rate that banks use to borrow and lend to each other, the Fed can influence other interest rates in the economy. However, there is...
Keeping a Leg on Both Sides of the Fence
OVERVIEW The major U.S. stock indices sold off last week, resulting in the S&P 500 finally reaching a 5% drawdown from its high. For the week, the S&P 500 fell 2.21%, the Dow dropped 1.36%, and the Nasdaq declined 3.2%. The biggest declines were...
Money in the Bank
Americans have seen their net worths surge over the past year and a half, thanks largely to gains in stock prices and swelling home values. However, they also have an incredible amount of cash lying around too. Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve reported that...
Speedy Yields
Interest rates have been a big story in the financial markets this year. They shot up like a rocket ship to start the year. But then they fall back down to earth just as quickly. And now, they are starting to edge higher again. So, for this week’s featured...
Financial Focus – September 29th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss the importance of estate planning and the various documents individuals should be thinking about when approaching this type of planning.
Housing Boom
We know the housing market has been a hot area for the last year. John Nelson joins Local 4 News to talk about the recent data and how interest rates could affect this category.
Filling the Buckets
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market broke its two-week losing streak last week as the S&P 500 rose 0.51%, the Dow gained 0.62%, and the Nasdaq rose a meager 0.02%. Small-cap stocks had a good week, climbing about 1%. Value stocks rose around 0.66%, outpacing...
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